Banks' Florilegium
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Banks' Florilegium is a celebrated collection of botanical engravings based on plants collected during Captain James Cook’s first voyage, documenting many species from Australia and the Pacific.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanical illustration collection
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engraving series ⓘ |
| associatedDiscipline |
botany
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history of science ⓘ maritime exploration history ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ |
| associatedVessel | HMS Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Captain James Cook
NERFINISHED
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Daniel Solander NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | plant specimens collected on James Cook's first voyage ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Joseph Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | key visual record of early European encounters with Australasian flora ⓘ |
| depicts | type specimens of many species ⓘ |
| documents |
Australian plant species
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New Zealand plant species ⓘ Pacific plant species ⓘ South African plant species ⓘ South American plant species ⓘ |
| expedition | James Cook's first voyage (1768–1771) ⓘ |
| genre |
natural history art
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scientific botanical illustration ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Banks Florilegium
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Banks’ and Solander’s Florilegium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Daniel Solander
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ various 18th-century engravers ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Sydney Parkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
folio prints
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hand-coloured engravings (later editions) ⓘ |
| influenced | later botanical illustration ⓘ |
| language | Latin botanical nomenclature ⓘ |
| medium | copperplate engravings ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early visual documentation of Australian flora
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high artistic and scientific accuracy ⓘ historical importance in botany ⓘ |
| productionStartTime | 1770s ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | not fully published in Banks's lifetime ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
NERFINISHED
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natural history collections of the British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | plants collected on the Endeavour voyage ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
art historical research
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documentation of Pacific exploration ⓘ scientific study of plant taxonomy ⓘ |
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